Originally shared by David Brin

Much buzz about the new planet found to orbit Proxima Centauri, the (small) star closest to Earth and a loosely affiliated member of the Alpha Centauri triple star system that’s featured in Liu Cixin’s “The Three Body Problem.” Though Proxima b’s year only lasts 11.2 days, it appears to be in Proxima’s CUZ or Continuously Habitable Zone because Proxima is small and dim. That nearness also probably has locked planet b with one face always sunward, as our moon always faces Earth. That, plus Proxima’s likely fluctuations as a flare star, means that any life would likely cluster along a “twilight zone” where slanting sunlight and shaded zones allow water to pool and organisms to duck away from sleet storms of ionizing radiation.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/27/exclusive-heres-what-life-on-the-newly-discovered-second-earth-would-probably-look-like/#ixzz4Ia6byiWU